HMS Angora

HMS Angora (foreground) loading mines at Grangemouth
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Angora
Ordered5 January 1910
BuilderWm Denny & Bros.
Launched1 December 1910
CommissionedSeptember 1914
Decommissioned15 November 1919
FateBroken up on 30 July 1937
General characteristics
TypeAuxiliary minelayer
Armament
  • 4 x 4.7in single
  • 2 x 6pdr AA

HMS Angora was a British passenger ship which was requisitioned from the Mercantile Marine by the Royal Navy for service as a transport and auxiliary minelayer during World War I.

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